Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-10
PARDONS GRANTED.
some Of tne cases agd why Granted

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WASHINGTON, March 5.-The president
acted on a large number of pardon cases
yesterday, Norman II. Camp was CON
victed of embezzlement and sentenced in
January, 1856, to five years Imprisonment
at hard labor in the territorial prison of
Idaho, and to pay fine of $1,000, and to
stand committed until it shall be paid.
The president granted a pardon in this
case on the ground that there are grave
doubts as TO the guilt of the con
vict 4 pardon was also grant
ed in tho case of II. Il. Yang,
and He Lung, who were convicted in the
eastern district of Arkansas of violating
the internal revenUe law and sentenced to
thirty days confinement and to pay fine
of $1,000, The president also granted
pardon in the case of j. w. Alden, con
victed of violating the postal laws and
sentenced September 16, 1886, to one
years mprisonm ent in the United States
penitentiarv at McNeills Island, Wash
ington Territory. He endorsed the APP
plication and granted the pardon upon
the ground that owing TO the youth of the
convict and the circumstances Of the case
l am satisfied that the ends of justice will
be as we'll subseryed by the punishment
| already suffered, and the prospects of the
boy as well secured by the IMPRISONMENT
OF the six months already suffered as IL
he We're longer confined in his place of
Imprisonment. A similar action was
taken in the case of !. H. Evans, who vas
convicted of polygamy and unlawful Co
h6bitation, and sentenced Novem Der 1fth,
TO three years and six months in the
Utah penitentiary. AKA to pay fine of
$3.50. The president endorsed
this application as follows: Granted
This convict is nearly seventy years old
and was convicted of polygamy and uu-
lawful co .habitation. He has been inn
prisoned more than two years and his
pardon Is prayed for by his legal wife.
| Though he will not promise to obey the
law against polygamy yet l am determin-
ed that the hardshipa of his case shall not
be cited to show that the government is
inclined to be yindictive in its ATTEMPT to
| eTtirpate the practice Of polygamy.
PARDoNs WE'RE GRANTED 70 THE FOLLOWING:
Alfred Brotherton, convicted of conspir-
acy to cast away vessel of which he was
master, and sentenced May 3, 1856, to
one years imprisonment the Baltimore
Jail and TO pay n fine of 500; James
Gordan, for the violation Of the polygamy
laws; Mrs. Melvina knight for the viola
lion of the internal revenue laws in Ken
lucky. 4 par6on was granted in the case
of Oscar I. BaldwiR, convicted of misap-
propriatIng bank funds and making false
entries as cashier of the Mechani c's bank
of New York, and sentenced January 3,
1882, to fifteen years imprisonment.
| The presidents endorsements were:
This convict has been totally released
from imprisonment upon writ of habeas
corpus, and the only effect Of the pardon
now is to restore him to his rights as a
citizen. This / am entirely willing to do,
in view of his standing and res portability
prior TO his conviction, and il the belief
that society will not be injured by such
restoration"
THE PRESIDENT DECLINED TO INTERFERE
in the case of Chas c. Barueau. alias
Chas. McGregor, who was convicted of
perjury aud sentenced 10 three Years i'm
Prisonment in the Western penitcntiary
Of Pennsylvania, and to pay a fine Of
500. He endorsed the application for
the pardon in this Gaze as follows:
Denied. This man Was sentenced to i'm
prisonment for three years. He has not
yet served one. The crime of perjnry is
so hateful and so dangerous, and the
guilt in this case being confessed, ! can
not bring 10y mind to granting a pardon
in this case.